Sustainable Communities

Sustainable communities are places where people will want to live and work, today and into the future. The concepts of 'sustainable communities', 'smart cities', 'future cities', 'intelligent cities' and 'eco-cities' have many overlaps. A strategic approach that considers the needs of citizens and other stakeholders, balancing social, environmental and economic issues, should create a 'sustainable community'. Use of integrated, intelligent infrastructure to deal with many issues should create a 'smart city'. Many cities and communities could therefore be described as both.

Benefits

Communities (neighbourhoods, parishes, towns, cities, regions, etc.) want to have a better and more enjoyable place to live. Sustainable community development can help improve social and economic opportunities, help protect the local environment and make responsible decisions about procurement of products and services.